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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chapter "New Historicism and Cultural Materialism," the notion of the state as all-powerful and all-seeing stems from the post-structuralist cultural historian ________.

2. Stylistics is the modern version of the ancient discipline known as ________, which taught its students how to structure an argument.

3. According to the narrator, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's "The Madwoman in the Attic" contained ________ passing reference to lesbianism.

4. According to Peter Barry, what is the subject of narratology common to all story-telling?

5. In the phrase "the archival continuum," an important difference between old and new historicisms is encapsulated in the word ________, for that word indicates that new historicism is indeed a historicist rather than a historical movement.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of lesbian/gay criticism according to the "Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader"?

2. Briefly discuss the ancestry of post-colonial criticism.

3. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.

4. Who are Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm? Explain the ecocriticism movement.

5. Briefly explain what lesbian/gay critics do.

6. Briefly define "mimesis" and "diegesis" as determined by Peter Barry.

7. How does Barry use the term "discourse" in relation to narratology? Who else used such term according to Barry?

8. In what way does the narrator say queer theory differs from lesbian feminism?

9. What was the "Vulgar Marxism"?

10. What does ecocriticism study? What is another term for ecocriticism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Edgar Allan Poe's impact on structuralism. Be sure to cite Poe's literary works and discuss how they fit into the structuralist theory.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what it means to read literature with the perspective of "Orientalism" in mind.

Essay Topic 3

Identify, discuss, and analyze the history of English studies as foretold by Peter Barry.

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